Washington Judgment Law

Vanessa Velasco Ortega v. Isaiah Holloway, et al.

Spokane, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff who sued on civil rights violation theories. Isaiah Holloway and Vanessa Velasco Ortega cross-appeal from the district court's order granting in part and denying in part Holloway's motion for summary judgment. Holloway encountered Velasco Ortega in the course of his duties as a Deputy Police Officer for the O... More...

$0 (08-28-2025 - WA)

Jakeh Paul Culver v. 3M Company

Tacoma, Washington employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff seeking a declaratory judgment action on a non-compete agreement. Washington law, "[a] cause of action may not be brought regarding a noncompetition covenant signed prior to January 1, 2020, if the noncompetition covenant is not being enforced or explicitly leveraged.â€ 1 RCW 49.62.080(4). Washington courts have not ... More...

$0 (08-14-2025 - WA)

Treena Millett v. Olympic Medical Center and Dr. Alexa Yager, D.O.

Port Angeles, Washington, personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiff on a medical malpractice claim. In 2019, Millett received medical care from Dr. Alexa Yager at OMC. In 2022, Millett's counsel sent letters to Yager and OMC demanding mediation for negligent treatment that occurred "on or about July 21, 2019 and continuing thereafter." Clerk's Papers (CP) at 14-15. The letters were... More...

$0 (02-21-2025 - WA)

Anna K. Andrews and Eric J. Andrews v. Freeway Motors, Inc., et al.

Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyer represented the Plaintiffs who sued on auto negligence theories. Anna Andrews was injured in an accident involving three vehicles. She and her husband sued the other drivers, Alexandra Fox and John McAlpine, as well as Freeway Motors, McAlpine's employer. Andrews[1] had underinsured motorist coverage through Privilege Underwriters Reciprocal Exc... More...

$0 (01-27-2025 - WA)

State of Washington v. Montreal Leanthony Morgan, Sr.

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant convicted of murder on a restitution claim. Washington's crime victims compensation act (CVCA), chapter 7.68 RCW, provides benefits to crime victims and their families for expenses resulting from criminal acts. Payments are administered by the Department of Labor and Industries (L&I), which is authorized to seek... More...

$0 (01-23-2025 - WA)

Shelley S. Hawkins v. Ace American Insurance Company

<h2> Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyer represented the Plaintiff seeking compensation for injuries sustained in a car wreck. </h2> On November 16, 2016, Hawkins was driving her vehicle when she was rear ended by Fatemah Alsuwaidan. Moments later, Miguel's work van rear ended Alsuwaidan's vehicle, causing a second collision with Hawkins's vehicle. At the time of the collisio... More...

$0 (10-28-2024 - WA)

<h1> United States of America v. Thomas Andrew Webster, M.D. </h1>

<h2><center>Spokane, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented the Defendant charged with Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme </center><center> Ohio Doctor Sentenced for Conspiring to Accept Kickbacks in Connection with Fraudulent Telemarketing Scheme that Harmed Me... More...

$0 (08-07-2024 - WA)

<h1> United States of America v. Donte Jamal McClellon </h1>

<h2><center> Seattle, WA criminal defense lawyer <a href="http://www.morelaw.com/lawyers/atty.asp?f=Thomas&l=Weaver&i=110126&z=98337" target="_new">Thomas E. Weaver</a> represented the Defendant charged with using fraud to obtain more than $500,000 in COVID benefits </center><center> Former Seattle man who used fra... More...

$0 (05-29-2024 - WA)

Monet Carter-Mixon, as Personal Representative of the Estate of Manuel Ellis, et al. v. City of Tacoma, et al.

Tacoma, Washington personal injury wrongful death lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendants on civil rights violation theories claiming that Tacoma Police Officers Christopher Burbank, Matthew Collins and Masyth Ford used excessive force when they attempted to arrest him in 2021. The Complaint: Plaintiffs, MONET CARTER-MIXON as Personal Representative of the ESTAT... More...

$4000000 (07-11-2023 - WA)

R.W. v. Columbia Basin College

Richland, Washington employment law lawyers represented the Plaintiff who sued the Defendant on a Family Medical Leave Act violation theory. R.W., a nursing student at Columbia Basin College, revealed to his doctor that he had homicidal ideations and that he imagined killing his teachers. Upon learning this information from the doctor and conducting further investigation, the Colle... More...

$0 (12-08-2023 - WA)

Jerry Owens v. CACI International, Inc., et al.

Seattle, Washington employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff on a wrongful termination theory. CACI is an information technology company and defense contractor that provides services to various clients, including the United States Government, which is CACI's largest customer. (Dkt. No. 27-1 at 17-18.) Plaintiff's employment with CACI began in January 2016 following CACI's purchase of a... More...

$0 (05-26-2023 - WA)

Twin W. Owners' Association v. Andrew Murphy and Jennifer Murphy

Waterville, Washington civil litigation lawyer represented Defendant sued by a homeowners' association seeking to enforce a restrictive covenant restricting vacation rental of residence for vacation. We swim across the Columbia River from Chelan County, the situs of the land in Wilkinson v. Chiwawa Communities Association, 180 Wn.2d 241, 327 P.3d 614 (2014), 2 to Douglas Cou... More...

$0 (05-16-2023 - WA)

United States of America v. Keovilayvanh Rinthalukay

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented Defendant charged with willful failure to pay over taxes. Keovilayvanh Rinthalukay, 62, pleaded guilty in February 2023, admitting that between 2015 and 2019 he withheld Medicare, Social Security, and federal income taxes from his employees' paychecks, but instead of paying the taxes to the government, he pocketed the money for his o... More...

$0 (05-02-2023 - WA)

In the Matter of the Marriage of Shawn Jason Gharst v. Allison Diane Converse Gharst

Olympia, Washington family law lawyers represented the parties litigating the vacation of a divorce decree. <table <h1> <center> <img width="200" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/Spokane_WA_State.gif" alt="State Courthouse - Spokane, Washington "> State Courthouse - Spokane, Washington <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/washington/news/spokan... More...

$0 (03-09-2023 - WA)

Windcrest Owners Assoc. V. State Farm Fire & Casualty Co. And Allstate Ins.

Seattle, Washington insurance law lawyer represented Plaintiff, which sued Defendants on bad faith breach of insurance contract thories. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/King_County_WA_Courthouse.jpg" alt="King County Washington Courthouse - Seattle, Washington"> King County Courthouse - Seattle, Was... More...

$0 (02-21-2023 - WA)

Fischer Studio Building Condo Owners Assoc. V. City Of Seatte, Et Al.

Seattle, Washington condominium law lawyers represented the parties in a dispute regarding the adverse impact on the light and glare from a new 46-story mixed-use apartment building. <table> <h1> <center> <img width="300" src="http://www.morelawtv.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/King_County_WA_Courthouse.jpg" alt="King County Washington Courthouse - Seattle, Washington"> ... More...

$0 (02-21-2023 - WA)

Delaura Norg, et al. v. City of Seattle

Seattle, Washington personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs who sued Defendant on a governmental tort claims act negligence theory. <table> <h1> <center> <a font="red" href="https://www.morelaw.com/washington/news/seattle/" target="_new">MoreLaw Legal News For Seattle</a> </center> </h1> </table> </center> Delaura Norg called 911 seeking emergency medical assistance for her husban... More...

$0 (01-12-2023 - WA)

Courtney A. Little & James S. Little v. Rosauers Supermarkets, Inc. d/b/a Super 1 Foods

Walla Walla, Washington personal injury lawyers represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant on a premises liability negligence theory. Courtney Little was injured when she slipped and fell on ice while walking out of Super 1 Foods, a grocery store owned by Rosauers Supermarkets, Inc. Ms. Little and her husband sued for negligence, but their case was dismissed on summary judgm... More...

$0 (12-13-2022 - WA)

Donovan Allen v. State of Washington

IN THE COURT OF APPEALS OF THE STATE OF WASHINGTONDIVISION IIDONOVAN ALLEN,No. 54172-6-IIAppellant,v.STATE OF WASHINGTON,PUBLISHED OPINIONRespondent.LEE,C.J.â€”Donovan Allen appeals the trial court's order granting summary judgmentin favor of the State, which dismissed his claim under the Wrongly Convicted Persons Act (WCPA), chapter 4.100 RCW. Allen spent 13 years in prison for a cri... More...

$0 (11-09-2021 - WA)

David Janiashvili v. Artudianti, Inc., et al.

Spokane, Washington personal injury truck wreck lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendants on auto negligence theories claiming to have suffered more than $75,000 in damages and/or injuries. On December 12, 2018, a tractor-trailer owned by Defendant Mack Truck Lines, Inc. and driven by Jaspreet Singh (deceased), jackknifed on Interstate 90 in Lincoln County, Washington, causin... More...

$1 (10-03-2022 - WA)

Estate of Cindy Lou Hill v. Spokane County and NaphCare, Inc.

Spokane, Washington civil rights lawyers represented Plaintiff, who sued Defendant on 1983 wrongful death negligence theories claiming that Cindy Lou Hill, age 55, died as a direct result of not being treated for peritonitis due to a ruptured liver adhesions that caused a hole in her small intestine. The Court entered a default judgment against the County for destroying a video recording ... More...

$27000000 (07-20-2022 - WA)

Todd G. Glover and Christina S. Glover v. Phillip Canaday

Seattle, Washington civil litigation lawyer represented Plaintiffs, who sued Defendant seeking injunctive and declaratory relief. Todd and Christina Glover ("the Glovers") and Canaday own adjacent parcels of real property in a rural area of Snohomish County. Before January 4, 2016, the Glovers owned both parcels. The Glovers have lived on the parcel they currently occupy ("the Glover... More...

$0 (07-18-2022 - WA)

Shanna Offutt Evanger v. Georgia-Pacific Gypsum, L.L.C

Seattle, Washington employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendant on an employment discrimination theory. laintiff Shanna Offutt Evanger appeals a judgment for defendant Georgia-Pacific Gypsum LLC ('Georgia-Pacific') on her employment discrimination claims. Offutt first claims that Judge Rothstein did not have the discretion to alter 1 cer... More...

$0 (06-06-2022 - WA)

Richad Mooney v. Roler Bearing Company of America, Inc.

Seattle, Washington employment law lawyer represented Plaintiff, who sued defendant on a family medical leave act civil rights violation theory. This matter comes before the Court on the parties' cross motions for summary judgment. Plaintiff Richard Mooney filed a motion for summary judgment on some of Defendant's affirmative defenses. Dkt. No. 26. Mooney also filed a motion for summ... More...

$0 (04-05-2022 - WA)

United States of America v. Matthew White

Seattle, Washington criminal defense lawyer represented defendant charged with wire fraud. Between 2011 and 2018, Matthew White, age 29, solicited funds from investors in Florida and Washington State. White represented that he would use the money to successfully trade in futures contracts first under his own name, and later under the name of his company, M.W. Global Futures LLC, of which... More...

$0 (04-22-2022 - WA)

Dep't of Ecology v. Acquavella

<center><h2><center> Yakima, WA - Water Rights lawyer represented defendant with a Yakama Nation treaty that reserved water rights for the Yakama Nation claim. </h2></center> This case presents the culmination of the fight for surface water rights that arguably began in 1855 with the Yakama Nation treaty that reserved water rights for the Yakama N... More...

$0 (11-18-2021 - WA)

United States of America v. Dennis Gibb

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> Seattle, WA - Long-Time Redmond, Washington Investment Advisor Sentenced to Prison for Defrauding Investors of more than $3 Million Falsified Financial Statements – Used Investor Money for Own Expenses A long-time investment advisor in Re... More...

$0 (06-28-2019 - WA)

David Weil v. Citizens Telecom Services Company, LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> Hearsay does not include statements offered against a party, made by that party’s employee on a matter within the scope of the employee’s employment, so long as the statement was made while the employee was still employed by that party. F... More...

$0 (04-29-2019 - WA)

United States of America v. Dennis Gibb

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> Seattle, WA - Long-Time Redmond, Washington Investment Advisor Pleads Guilty to Defrauding Investors of more than $3 Million Admits Falsifying Financial Statements – Used Investor Money for Own Expenses A long-time investment advisor in R... More...

$0 (03-31-2019 - WA)

Patricia Anderson v. State Farm Mutual Automobile Insurance Company

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> Patricia Anderson and Thomas Anderson’s single-car accident in 1998 began a saga of litigation culminating in this appeal. Little of the tragic history involving nine different trial and appellate proceedings is relevant to this opinion, in which we determ... More...

$0 (03-11-2019 - WA)

U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission (EEOC) v. Global Horizons, Inc., d/b/a Global Horizons Manpower, Inc.; Green Acre Farms, Inc., Valley Fruit Orchards, LLC

<center> <img width="300" src="https://www.usmarshals.gov/district/wa-e/images/spo_fed_.jpg"> </center> Green Acre Farms and Valley Fruit Orchards (the Growers) are fruit growers in the State of Washington. In 2003, the Growers experienced labor shortages and entered into agreements with Global Horizons, Inc., a labor contractor, to obtain temporary workers for their orchards. Wit... More...

$0 (02-07-2019 - WA)

STillaguamish Tribe of Indians v. State of Washington

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> In an effort to engineer federal jurisdiction, the Stillaguamish Tribe of Indians (“the Tribe”) sued the State of Washington in federal court, seeking a declaration that the Tribe’s sovereign immunity barred any lawsuit arising from a particular contra... More...

$0 (01-22-2019 - WA)

Debra Lea Wilson v. James Rigby; First Citizens Bank

The filing date of a bankruptcy petition determines the law governing exemptions and freezes the value of the exemptions that the debtor may claim. Because Debra Wilson’s amended bankruptcy schedules sought to claim 4 WILSON V. RIGBY more than Washington law permitted her to claim as of the petition date, we affirm the district court’s decision, limiting her claimed... More...

$0 (11-29-2018 - WA)

Curtis Rockaird v. BNSF Railway Company

These appeals follow a civil jury trial. The jury found that BNSF Railway Company violated the anti-retaliation provision of the Federal Railroad Safety Act (“FRSA”) when BNSF fired Curtis Rookaird for, in part, refusing to stop performing an air-brake test on a 42-car train that he was tasked with moving. Rookaird was awarded over $1.2 million in damages. BNSF appeals ... More...

$0 (11-09-2018 - WA)

American Freedom Defense Initiative v. King County

<center> <img width="300" src="http://www.wawb.uscourts.gov/sites/default/files/slideshow/SeattleCourthouse1.jpg"> </center> King County provides public transportation in the greater Seattle metropolitan area. The County finances its transit operations in part by selling advertising space on the exterior of buses. Although many municipalities restrict advertising t... More...

$0 (09-30-2018 - WA)

Richard Lee Rynearson, III v. Robert Ferguson

This appeal calls on us to consider the scope of federal court abstention under Younger v. Harris, 401 U.S. 37 (1971). In particular, we consider whether federal courts should abstain from exercising jurisdiction over a constitutional challenge to a state criminal statute while there are ongoing state court protection order proceedings arguably related to the challenge to t... More...

$0 (09-10-2018 - WA)

Eva Moore v. John Urquhart

This is a class action challenging the constitutionality of a Washington statute that allows tenants to be evicted from their homes without a court hearing. Plaintiffs seek declaratory and injunctive relief against the Sheriff of King County, whose office enforces the challenged statute by executing the eviction orders. The district court dismissed the action with prejudice... More...

$0 (08-19-2018 - WA)

Mickey Fowler v. Tracy Guerin

Washington public school teachers Mickey Fowler and Leisa Maurer bring this class action to order the Director of the Washington State Department of Retirement Systems (“DRS”) to return interest that was allegedly skimmed from their state-managed retirement accounts. The district court denied the stipulated motion to certify a class and then dismissed the action as prudentially unripe. We conc... More...

$0 (08-19-2018 - WA)

UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. KING MOUNTAIN TOBACCO COMPANY, INC. <table> <td>

In 2006 the late Delbert Wheeler, Sr., a lifelong-enrolled member of the Yakama Nation in Washington State, purchased “80 acres of trust property . . . from the Yakama Nation Land Enterprise, the agency of the Yakama Nation which is charged with overseeing the maintenance of real property held in trust by the United States for the benefit of the Yakama Nation and its members.” Wheeler then op... More...

$0 (08-17-2018 - WA)

Angel Mendez and Jennifer Lynn Garcia v. County of Los Angeles, et al.

On remand from the United States Supreme Court we are tasked with deciding whether the unlawful entry into a residence by two sheriff’s deputies, without a warrant, consent, or exigent circumstances, was the proximate cause of the subsequent shooting and injuries to the plaintiffs. We hold that it was, permitting a federal claim under 42 U.S.C. § 1983. We also hold that the plaintiffs have an i... More...

$4000000 (07-29-2018 - WA)